I don't generally give advice on this blog. I like to think of
myself as a friend and fellow-traveler to anyone who reads here, not
some kind of big sister or "expert." But just this once, I want to send
out a word of advice / reassurance to any parents out there with
children younger than mine, who have reached the ripe old age of two
and a half. And it is this: There may well be phases in your child or
children's development when, for absolutely no reason fathomable to
you, they suddenly HATE taking baths; when they will scream and flail
and resist with vehemence your attempts to get them into the tub and to
wash their bodies and/or hair.
Do not be alarmed. This
condition generally will resolve itself within a matter of days or
weeks for equally inexplicable reasons. All you can do is wait, try to
make baths as quick and painless as possible, or -- if getting your
child into the bath is completely impossible -- settle for swabbing her
down with a washcloth or see if you can get her near a pond, pool, lawn
sprinkler or other source of water with less drama than the bath
inspires.
A happy bath period -- the girls at circa 15 months
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